This is the 'death trap hotel' which hosted more than 90 guests a night before it was forced to shut down.

With caved-in ceilings, no water supply in half the building, and just a single pole holding up the roof, New Kimberley Hotel in Blackpool, Lancashire, was branded a hovel of 'jeopardy' by horrified fire safety officers who raided the building last year.

Twenty smoke alarms were found to be disabled and fire exits were chained shut.

'Jeopardy': The roof of New Kimberley Hotel, Blackpool, was held up by a single pole, fire officers discovered

More than 90 guests a night stayed in the hotel before it was forced shut. Inspectors found caved-in ceilings

The bedrooms were strewn with plastering, and there was no water supply in half the building

Today, owner Peter Metcalf, 51, has been found guilty of 15 fire safety breaches at the property, which was closed after the raid in March last year.

Mark Cairns, fire safety enforcement team
leader for Lancashire Fire and Rescue, said: 'The consequences of the
inadequate fire safety measures and inadequate management could have led
to serious injury or loss of life and circumstances left us no option
but to take this action.'